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I have just such an action, barrelled with a Lothar Walther 7x57 barrel, with NECG sights and a Talley barrel band. Long ago I lucked into a commercial Mauser intermediate length bolt (not a Peruvian bolt - factory bent with commercial BUNG proofs), and I also have a butterknife handled bolt that headspaces in the same action. I used a 1909 Argentine floorplate / box because I have a few of them and I like them.

You can make nice looking rifles from Peruvian pattern actions. The military ones are also a beauty to behold when in decent shape - I have a minty one that is sooo tight and smooth handling, the only thing (military) that compares to it is the Persian model. The only dilema I faced was wanting a 7x57 with a scope on it; I did not want to grind off that cool looking high charger hump, or do away with the curved wing on the bolt stop. I solved it by picking up a modern 7x57 (Mark X) with scope. So, my 1909 action is going to stay open sights only.

Just picked up a stock for it too - a somewhat funky looking German / 'Euro' style with way too much wood remaining on it - that's ok though, it's easy enough to remove whatever doesn't look like a rifle stock should. When I have some time, hopefully I can post a few pics.\

Good luck with your project and have fun. You might want to shoot it before you change anything - my 7.65 Argentines are all pretty accurate with handloads.

TG

Edited by TMG (24/07/08 01:04 PM)

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